Coordination Agreement between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Jacksonville District) and Florida DEP State Programmatic General Permit
Submitted by Butler_J on February 3, 2017 - 3:19pm
Highly treated reclaimed water is made available in a separate piping system for landscape irrigation, including the irrigation of more than 10,250 residential lawns, 57 schools, 133 parks and seven golf courses. This is one of the most widely known reuse systems in the world. The system has been in operation since 1977. An average of about 15.4 mgd of reclaimed water was reused in 2015 which includes irrigating the spring training grounds of a major league baseball team and use in cooling towers at the Tropicana Dome.
Reclaimed water can be used for many purposes including:
The management of animal waste from Animal Feeding Operations (AFO) is a priority in Florida and throughout the country. AFOs are facilities where numbers animals are in confined situations and meet both of the following criteria:
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